Lil' help on identifying a part....

[OhioEric]

what is this? i'm sorry to have to ask...should something be connected? am i missing something?

[Nessism]

What is what? Your photo shows an engine.

[OhioEric]

sorry....

the round thing in the center, i tried to use a business card to fold it into an arrow to point at it ...

[bwringer]

That's the cam chain tensioner.

Here are rebuild/resetting instructions to eliminate the leak. With pictures and part numbers, even:

http://bwringer.com/gs/camchaintens.html

[Redman]

SHould something be connected to the cam cahin tensioner?

No.

Not externally to the engine anyway.

[OhioEric]

Thank you! i have never seen those discussed here, have i ??

not many problems with them? or is this a regular maintenance item?

[Redman]

If you dont hear loud rattle/knocking/slapping of the cam chain then no need to touch it. If it is set properly (as described well in bwringers tutorial) then it works fine last a long time.

Now there are a couple oil seals in the thing, so if you get oil dripping from that knob or from its base, then you might have want to take it apart. Otherwize, works fine, last a long time.

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